MANTECA – Two men have been arrested on suspicion of homicide and booked into San Joaquin County Jail in connection with the shooting of a Manteca man who was gunned down in front of his family Saturday night in Manteca, authorities said.

Both men had been hospitalized since Saturday night, when Michael Lawrence, 51, of Manteca was shot to death outside his home in the 800 block of Williamson Road in Manteca, officials said. Roessler suffered a broken collarbone and other injuries when he crashed his motorcycle while trying to flee the scene, authorities said. Oliver was treated for gunshot wounds to his hand and abdomen after Roessler inadvertently shot him while committing the homicide, Lt. Jim Cannon said.

Cannon said Lawrence was killed after getting into an altercation with the two bikers outside a nearby bar.

Roessler and Oliver then followed Lawrence to his home, where he was shot as Lawrence's wife, sister-in-law and 8-year-old daughter looked on.

“The morning after the shooting, we were looking at them both as suspects,” Cannon said. “Both of them were hospitalized. Unfortunately, due to the type of injuries they had, we couldn't book them into the jail yet, so they had to stay in the hospital with officers watching them. But we believe we have the two subjects that were involved, and we're confident they were the ones who committed this crime.”

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